hemorrhoidal
1 of 2noun
hem·or·rhoid·al ˌhem-ˈrȯi-dᵊl 
ˌhe-mə-
: a hemorrhoidal part (such as an artery or vein)
hemorrhoidal
2 of 2adjective
1
: of, relating to, or involving hemorrhoids
2
: rectal
Example Sentences
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 High fiber diets can also benefit our gastrointestinal health by improving bowel habits, improving hemorrhoidal disease, and by preventing diverticular disease. Trihealth, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2017
Adjective
European Christians considered Jews effeminate owing to their circumcisions, deeming them a studious, unathletic, hemorrhoidal people unable to gallop through Palestine bedecked in armor and spearing unbelievers. Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 High fiber diets can also benefit our gastrointestinal health by improving bowel habits, improving hemorrhoidal disease, and by preventing diverticular disease. Trihealth, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2017 Word History
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
hemorrhoidal 1 of 2
adjective
hem·or·rhoid·al
variants or chiefly British haemorrhoidal
ˌhem-ə-ˈrȯid-ᵊl
1
: of, relating to, or involving hemorrhoids
2
: rectal
hemorrhoidal
2 of 2noun
variants or chiefly British haemorrhoidal
: a hemorrhoidal part (as an artery or vein)